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Journal article

Galaxy Cluster Pressure Profiles as Determined by Sunyaev Zel'dovich Effect Observations with MUSTANG and Bolocam. II. Joint Analysis of 14 Clusters

  • 1. Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique 300 rue de la Piscine, Domaine Universitaire F-38406 Saint Martin d'Hères (France)
  • 2. National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Math, and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
  • 4. ESO—European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern hemisphere, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2, D-85748 Garching b. München (Germany)
  • 5. Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400325, Charlottesville, VA 22904 (United States)
  • 6. Physics and Astronomy Department, Michigan State University, 567 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824 (United States)
  • 7. U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20375 (United States)
  • 8. MIT Lincoln Laboratories, 244 Wood Street Lexington, MA 02421-6426 (United States)
  • 9. Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000 (South Africa)
  • 10. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 (United States)
  • 11. Department of Physics, Astronomy, and Engineering, Moorpark College, 7075 Campus Rd., Moorpark, CA 93021 (United States)

Description

We present pressure profiles of galaxy clusters determined from high-resolution Sunyaev–Zel'dovich (SZ) effect observations of 14 clusters, which span the redshift range of 0.25 < z < 0.89. The procedure simultaneously fits spherical cluster models to MUSTANG and Bolocam data. In this analysis, we adopt the generalized NFW parameterization of pressure profiles to produce our models. Our constraints on ensemble-average pressure profile parameters, in this study γ, C 500, and P 0, are consistent with those in previous studies, but for individual clusters we find discrepancies with the X-ray derived pressure profiles from the ACCEPT2 database. We investigate potential sources of these discrepancies, especially cluster geometry, electron temperature of the intracluster medium, and substructure. We find that the ensemble mean profile for all clusters in our sample is described by the parameters  [ γ , C 500 , P 0 ] = [ 0.3 0.1 + 0.1 , 1.3 0.1 + 0.1 , 8.6 2.4 + 2.4 ], cool core clusters are described by  [ γ , C 500 , P 0 ]   = [ 0.6 0.1 + 0.1 , 0.9 0.1 + 0.1 , 3.6 1.5 + 1.5 ], and disturbed clusters are described by  [ γ , C 500 , P 0 ] = [ 0.0 0.0 + 0.1 , 1.5 0.2 + 0.1 , 13.8 1.6 + 1.6 ]. Of the 14 clusters, 4 have clear substructure in our SZ observations, while an additional 2 clusters exhibit potential substructure.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa643f

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astrophysical Journal
Journal Volume
838
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
[21 p.]
ISSN
0004-637X
CODEN
ASJOAB

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
51034902
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
CLUSTER MODEL; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; GALAXY CLUSTERS; RED SHIFT; RESOLUTION; X RADIATION
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR MODELS; RADIATIONS